Hagen-Poiseuille equation

proper noun

A physical law that gives the pressure drop in an incompressible Newtonian fluid in laminar flow flowing through a long cylindrical pipe of constant cross section.

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Hagen-Poiseuille lawPoiseuille lawPoiseuille equation
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Meanings

proper nounthe Hagen-Poiseuille equation
  1. fluid dynamicsA physical law that gives the pressure drop in an incompressible Newtonian fluid in laminar flow flowing through a long cylindrical pipe of constant cross section.

    Synonyms: Hagen-Poiseuille law, Poiseuille law, Poiseuille equation

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA physical law that gives the pressure drop in an incompressible Newtonian fluid in laminar flow flowing through a long cylindrical pipe of constant cross section.

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Hagen-Poiseuille lawPoiseuille lawPoiseuille equation
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hagen-poiseuille lawpoiseuille equationpoiseuille law

Origin

It was experimentally derived independently by Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille in 1838 and Gotthilf Heinrich Ludwig Hagen, and published by Poiseuille in 1840–41 and 1846.

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